New Stadium Policy

For some reason the forum is not working too well on my pad, but has anyone mentioned the ability to text Ohio Stadium security now for someone not sitting during the game? Hope you boys like sitting on your thumbs at a live game.

Did Dave Brandon work his way into the OSU Athletic Department? $150 to go to a game and now you have to sit down every play? I hope the people enforcing this rule exercise a lot of restraint with the "Sit Down" rule.

Finally! Now, if only they would put a limit on crowd noise; I hate being there and just hearing people clapping and cheering the whole time. It's also annoying that everyone wears scarlet jerseys/t-shirts.. It hurts my eyes to see that much of the same color in one place.

Yeah, I've heard they plan to institute a policy wherein no one may make a noise of any kind in the stands; instead, everyone may give a gladiatorial thumbs up when OSU is doing well, and a thumbs down when OSU is doing poorly. A horizontal hand wavering to indicate "meh/so-so" is still up for debate (there's fear that too much hand waving may create a distracting whirring noise).

If this becomes a "thing" it will be what drives me from going to Ohio Stadium, I love going to the Horseshoe but I like to stand, and be loud. For $120 a ticket, as long as someone is not being vulgar or completely inappropriate the whole game, then they should be able to stand and scream, yell, cheer, whatever they want.

This is just unbelievable. The administration at Ohio State has done everything in their power to subdue the atmosphere at football games. They have basically removed all tailgating from right outside The Shoe. They turned our regular home jerseys into some kind of Nebraska/Wisconsin hybrid by removing the grey stripes. We have THE most expensive tickets in college football and now no standing during games! Its an absolute joke. Buckeye football has gone full corporate.

We need an administration that understands the tradition of this program. Bring back the iconic grey stripes and don't take advantage of Buckeye Nations passion by squezzing every dime they're willing to pay out of them for tickets.

This is ridiculous. The price of these tickets are usually anywhere from $100-$1000 dollars. If I pay that much for a ticket, I'm going to stand during plays if I want to. Also, usually the fans are sitting when the game is going badly. You stand when your team makes a good play. This rule just doesn't make any logical sense.

This is just idiotic. There is no other way to describe this policy. Text if someone won't sit down? This isn't a PBS period crime TV show that you and your blue hair husband watch in your separate twin beds, it's a fucking football game. You stand and you cheer, and you don't fucking sit if you're physically able to stand.

OSU should designate sections in the stadium for standing and sitting fans. I believe the Crew has a section or two in their stadium where they support the fans standing and cheering for the game. Label the ticket for standing or sitting section so the fan knows before hand so there is no complaints in the stadium.

More than a decade, a former roommate and I attended a game in the 'Shoe. (We've attended more than 100 games together.) He's large, painfully loud, and exemplifies the passion that all Buckeye fans should have.

We were near the rail in C-deck. He stood up for the opening kick off and immediately the people behind him started clamoring for him to sit down. He turned around and gave them lip, but once an usher showed up, he sat down. One of the accusers sat directly behind me. I turned to him and said "You are going to miss every big play in this game." He inquired what I meant and I said "You can force me to sit down in between plays, but if something good happens, or if I *think* something good is going to happen, I'm going to jump up from my seat, maybe with my arms in the air, and start yelling." And that's exactly what I did. I suspect he missed many big plays, and lots of small plays too. But what's he going to do? He's going to complain that the guy in front of him stands up and cheers when good things happen for the Buckeyes?